Fish-line reel.



12H0. 795,648. PATENTED JULY 25, 1905.

E. E. RICHARDSON. EIsE LINE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29; 1904.

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UNITED sTATns. HARRY IIAMIIATON RICHARDSON, 'oF lBEAVERFA'Lits, PENNYLVANIA, 1 -AssIGNon To AMERICA COMPANY, oF RocKioR'D, ILLINOIS, A..eon,

PORATION OF ILLINOIS. v

'PATENT OFFICE. i'

. Flein-LINE REEL.'

No. 795,64e.

` To all whm'lt tmay concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY HAMILTON RICH- ARDsoN, a citizen of the United States, resid: ing at Beaverfalls, in the countyof Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fish- Line Reels, of which the following is a s peci-v fication.

The object of this invention is to equip a reel/with a spooling attachment in order'that the line may be 4uniformly laid on the spool 'and made movable out of the path of the line yin casti g, soas not to interfere therewith.'

In tl e accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is .an end elevation of my improved {ish-line reel, with a portion of the cas1ng' broken away.

l Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, in whichv the spooling device is shown` throwny Aout in.

dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 'Ibis an inner face representation of the casing, showing the arrangement of the gearing. Fig. 5 is a section on dotted line a, Fig. 3.

The heads 1 and 2 are connected by the rods .3. ,'A cap or casing 4 has a connection with the head 2. A spool 5 is supported by the head 1 and casing-4 and has a small toothed pini-on 6 connected to it. A larger toothed wheel 7 is supported bythe casing and meshes A f rame 'is 'composed of the. lower bar 12," two ends,13, and a central depending lug 14.

The lug 14 is located between the ears 11 and has a pivotal connection therewith. This lug has two flattened-surfaces 15, against which a-sprng-rod 16 is adapted to bear for a pur pose to appear hereinafter. The bar 12 has a rib 17 extending in its lengthwise direction Y and alongits upper surface.- --A shaft 18 is :supported by the ends- 13` of the frame and to which is secured a toothed wheel 19. This s'haitis provided with double threads 20, A clamp 2l is supported by the shaft and is provided with the usual dog engagement with the' threads ofthe shaft. The clampfhasa depending projection 2,2, prof.

` vided with a'grooved way 29, which receives the Arib 17, thereby forming a sliding connec- Specication of LettersvPatent. Appiioaaonmea August-29,1904. 'serai No. 222.578.

I Patenea July 25, 1905.,

tion between vthe clamp .and frame. clamp has twoIingers 23 extending from it, each supporting a ball 24. An intermediate toothed wheel 25 is supported by the casing in a manner that it may move radially from the toothed wheel 7, with which it is adapted to engage. rlhe support for this intermediate toothed wheel extends through the casing and has a projection 28 on the outside of the casing. A spring 26 bears againstthe support for the' intermediate toothed wheel 25 and holds the intermediate toothed wheel out of' engagementwit 1 the main driving toothed wheel 7. v

From one of the ends 13 of the frame eX- tends a pin 27. la When the spoolingmechanism is in operative position, the chain of gears 'will be meshed, as shown in solidlines,-Fig. 1, in which the intermediate toothed wheel 25 tion 28..

The spring-rod 16, resting against the fiattened surface 15,- holds the iingers 23 upright, at the same time holding the gear-train in mesh, so that by manipulatingA thehandle the spool is rotated and thev fingers moved back and forth in the lengthwise direction of the .shaft 18, carrying the fish line locate between thelingers back and forth-inthe length- WiseV direction of the spool.` 4

lingers; but the spring action of the fingers Y. allowsA the balls to separate suiiiiently to permitl the passageofthe fish-line in releasing it from between the fingers.

shown in dotted lines, Fifg`s. 1 and 2, the gears traih will be broken by moving the toothed Wheel 19 from the intermediate toothed Wheel 25 and permitting the spring 26 to move the intermediate toothed wheel out 'of mesh with spool may turn withtheleastresistanceeor instance, 1n makmgalcast;

Iclaim as my invention- The is held in mesh with the main' toothedl wheel 7 by the pin 27, pressing' against the p'rojec '-Theballs 24hold the fish-linefbetweentheI By-turnin g the frame down into the `position themain toothed wheel 7 -in order that the 1. A 'fish-.line reel provided witha line- 21- A fish-line reel comprising'twoends, a.-

spool, atoothed wheel forimparting movement to the line-guide, and an intermediate toothed wheel'meshing with the gears for rotating the spool and imparting motion to the line-guide,the intermediate toothed wheel and the gear rotating the line-guideshaft capable of disengagement.

. 3. A fish-line reel comprising'two ends, a

Yspool supported by the ends, gears for rotatwith the intermediate wheeLand the intermediate wheel capable of disengagement with the gear for rotating the spool.

. 4. A fish line sreel comprising two ends, a spool supported bythe ends, gears for rotating the spool, a line-guide capable ofa bodily movement in the lengthwise direetiontof the spool', a toothed wheel for imparting movement to the line-guide, and anjrtermediate toothed wheel meshing with the gears for rotating the spool and imparting motion to the line-guide, the toothedwheel for imparting i movement to the line-guide capable of a rocking movement to disengage it from the intermediate toothed wheel.

5. A fish-line reel comprising two ends, a spool supported by the ends, gears for rotating the spool, a line-guide capable of a bodily movement to the lengthwise direction of the spool, a toothed wheel for imparting movement to the lineguide, and an intermediate toothed wheel meshing with the gears forrotating the spool and imparting motion to the lineguide, the toothed wheel for imparting movement to the line -guide capable of a rocking movement to disengage it from the intermediate toothed wheel, and the intermediate toothed wheel capable of disengagement with the gear for rotating the spool.

6. A fish-line reel provided with a plate for attachment to the rod and a line-guide movably supported by the plate and capable vof a movement at right angles to the length ofthe spool. Y

7. A .ish-line reel provided with a plate for attachmentto the rod, a line-guide pivotally supported by the plate and capable of a movement at right angles to the length of the spool.

8. A fish-line reel provided with a`frame, a movable connection between the frame and reel, a s haft supported by the frame, a lineguide movable by the shaftand meansfor rotating the shaft. f

HARRY HAMILTON RICHARDSON. Witnesses:v

'ROLAND 'Gus KELLs,

EARL R. LEYDA. 

